In a special bonus edition of HDNet Fights Video Vault, we again turn the spotlight to Alistair Overeem, who’s one of the featured competitors at tonight’s HDNet-televised “Dynamite!! 2009″ event in Japan.

The Overeem vs. Thompson fight was a late booking for the October DREAM.12 card, which was the organization’s first to use a cage rather than a traditional ring.

The heavyweights met at a time when their careers were headed in very different directions; Overeem (30-11) hoped to claim his sixth straight win while Thompson (14-10) hoped to snap a four-fight losing skid and pick up just his third win in 12 fights.

Each week HDNet and MMAjunkie.com release a new and exclusive fight from the ever-growing HDNet Fights video library. Stunning knockouts, slick submissions, shocking finishes and legendary brawls are the norm for this weekly feature. And Overeem vs. Thompson is no exception.

In fact, between the two fighters, 41 of their 43 career wins remarkably had ended via stoppage heading into the DREAM.12 fight.

Their bout, which was expected to end early, didn’t disappoint.

Check out the embedded clip to see if the hard-hitting Overeem could keep his win streak alive or if Thompson could rebound for a much-needed win over a world-class opponent.

And don’t forget to check out Overeem in action early tomorrow morning (3 a.m. ET), when he meets Kazuyuki Fujita at Japan’s latest New Year’s Eve extravaganza. HDNet’s live broadcast of “Dynamite!! 2009: DREAM vs. WVR” airs in North America at 3 a.m. ET (midnight PT).

Each week MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) and HDNet Fights (www.hdnetfights.com) team up for “HDNet Fights Vault,” which offer a new and unique video from the organization’s ever-growing fight library. The weekly feature is a continuation of a long-standing partnership between MMAjunkie.com and HDNet. For more information on HDNet, which broadcasts more MMA events than any other TV outlet, visit www.hd.net.

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